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Panthers vs. Hurricanes January 19, 2013

SUNRISE, FL - JANUARY 19: A young Florida Panthers fan supports her team before the start of the game against the Carolina Hurricanes on opening night at the BB&T Center on January 19, 2013 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images)

He's only 17 but he can see the ice so well and he moves the puck and goes to the open ice all the time, so I just think he's a player that is ready to play in the NHL. I'm really looking forward to coaching someone like this.

— U.S. National Junior Team coach Ron Wilson on Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2016 NHL Draft